Friday, April 26, 2024

Robert A. Sungenis on Hosea 6:7

 


Some Bibles translate the Hebrew כאדם as “Like men” (KJV) rather than “Like Adam” (ASV, DR, JB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, RSV, TEV). The discrepancy is due to “Adam” and “man” sharing the same Hebrew word. The NEB has “At Admah” referring to a city near the Dead Sea in conjunction with Admah in Hs 11:8. The Hebrew of Hs 11:8, however, is כאדמה, which contains the ה ending and thus makes it a different word than כאדם in Hs 6:7. The BHS rendering for Hs 6:7 is כאדם, with no evidence of variants. (Robert A. Sungenis, Not By Bread Alone: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for the Eucharistic Sacrifice [2d ed.; State Line, Pa.: Catholic Apologetics International Publishing, Inc., 2009], 11 n. 10)